Casket-handle



(No Model.)

L. H. BANNISTER. GASKET HANDLE.

No; 498,610. Patented MayBO, 1893 Mllllllli Q Wihwwz. 311mm. v WM ehandle passes.

ATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS H. BANNISTER, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

CASKET-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of, Letters Patent No. 498,610, dated May 30,1893..

Application filed July 1, 1892. Serial No. 438,666. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that 1, Louis II. BANNIsTER,a

citizen of the United States, and aresident attaching to, and detachingthe handles from.

caskets; the purpose being to have more elaborate handles than arecommonly used, and to detach the same just before the interment orcremation.

The invention consists in the following construction and arrangement:

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical view showing one of the severalposts through which the extended rail or tube forming the Fig. 2 is avertical section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows another mode of construction,in which the fastening device is placed between the posts through whichthe rail or tube forming the handle passes. Fig. 4 is a bottom viewreduced in size. Fig. 5 is a plan of the plate to be fastened to theside of the casket, and to which the handle is attached. Fig. 6 is anend view of the; bolt, and Fig. 7 an edge view of 'the attachment plate.

The device complete consists of several posts similar to that shown inFig. 1 and through which the rod or tube forming the handle passes.

In the sectional view, Fig. 2, is shown one of the posts andattachments, consisting of the plate 8 to be screwed or otherwisefastene'd to the side of the casket w; the base 9 around which is therim n m; the post D; the thumb nut a; the bolt 0 with the head 0 andsquare neck 1", and a portion of the rail 1). The bolthcatl engagingwith the plate 8, the bolt passing through the axis of the hollow postI), and diametrically through the rail handle I), and the end of thcboltprovided a proper width to admit the bolt, the head of 7 said boltprojecting to either side sufficiently to be held securely against theunder side of. .the plate.

At t' t', depressions are made in the plate, to prevent any slipping ofthe bolthead when contained therein. v

In Fig. 4 the plate 5 is shown in dotted lines, and the bolt engagedtherewith.

The attachment plate 3 maybe made in many different ways but the one Iprefer is the one described in this specification and shown in theaccompanying drawings.

The plate 8 projecting from the surface line of the casket f f,acorresponding offset is made inthe ,base 9 from not to a; m, thusbringing the lower edge of the base a: a: to the surface of the casket,in line ff, as plainly seen in Fig. 2. In the same figure the bolt 0 ismade square at the neck 1', and the vertical hole through the basethrough which the bolt passes is also square. The belt has free endmotion, the neck '1' being square to prevent the bolt from turning onits axis when tightening orloosening the thumbnut a. In some cases Ihave a coiled spring around the bolt 0, one end of the coil beingfastened to the bolt 0 below the rail 1), the other end fastened to thebase near the neck said spring being for the purpose of projecting thebolthead 0 when the thnmbnut a is loosened, the object being to makeeasier the connection with the plate .9.

In Fig. 3 are represented three posts on one base, the rail forming thehandle passing through the outer posts D D, the central or middle postbeing shorter, and containing the attachment device as heretoforedescribed. In this figure the base is made sectional,

showing in dotted lines the attachment device.

To use the device, fasten in horizontal line as many plates to each sideof the casket, as

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.m will all look in the saine direction.

there are connecting devices in the handles,

sufficiently to allow the boltneads to pass under the swell in theplates 8 and the necks of the bolts into the openings m when in placeturn each thumbnut a until the posts are I'lgld. To detach the handles,loosen the :humbnuts a, and slide in the opposite direc- Havingdescribed my invention, what I claun as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

' 1. A detachable casket handle comprising a handpiece and supportprovided with a bolt and thumbnutadapted to be secured to a plate thatis permanently fastened to the side of a casket, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a burial casket handle, the combination with the plate .9, thebolt 0 and bolthead c, the thumbnut a, the rail b, thepost D, providedwith the rim n {1: around the base g, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name'i'n the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

LoUIs 1-1. BANNI ST ER. Witnesses:

ALBERT W. BANNISTER, GEORGE A. SWERDFIGER.

